This is a programme to deliver professional advice and support to individual clients within a defined target population, which does not have a structured framework.
The programme comprises the activities of community health officers, health visitors, school nurses, contact tracing nurses and health education officers which cannot be attributed to a structured programme e.g. screening programme.
Such programmes will primarily involve:
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educating an individual about factors affecting health. |
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advising an individual on health problems and ways of mitigating ill health. |
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general support to an individual. |